9 ideas
13157 | Choose the true hypothesis, which is the most intelligible one [Leibniz] |
9406 | A class is natural when everybody can spot further members of it [Quinton] |
10594 | Henkin semantics is more plausible for plural logic than for second-order logic [Maddy] |
15730 | Extreme nominalists say all classification is arbitrary convention [Quinton] |
15728 | The naturalness of a class depends as much on the observers as on the objects [Quinton] |
9407 | Properties imply natural classes which can be picked out by everybody [Quinton] |
15729 | Uninstantiated properties must be defined using the instantiated ones [Quinton] |
8520 | An individual is a union of a group of qualities and a position [Quinton, by Campbell,K] |
13158 | The Copernican theory is right because it is the only one offering a good explanation [Leibniz] |